Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [vb past] n't they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Why did n't they call it ‘ Psychology for People ’ ? |
| 32 | Why did n't they produce a grandstand actually full of people ? ) complete Turkish prison with 6 of the ‘ best fans in the world ’ contained inside . |
| 33 | ‘ Why did n't they let me take Drama ? |
| 34 | Why why why did n't they work , you said they di very seldom |
| 35 | If they had their men inside our organisation , why did n't they act over Helmstadt ? ’ |
| 36 | Why did n't they come and visit me , Mum and Dad ? |
| 37 | Well why did n't they ask us then ? |
| 38 | I 'm actually concerned that if we , did anybody know about this issue earlier on because I think this has been going on for quite some time erm probably over the last two years and if anyone did know then why did n't they address it before and if anyone did n't know , why not ? |
| 39 | Why did n't they supply you with an adaptor ? |
| 40 | ‘ Then why did n't they kill you immediately ? ’ |
| 41 | Why did n't they kill me off ? |
| 42 | Why did n't they join him ? |
| 43 | Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ? |
| 44 | ‘ Why did n't they wait for me ? ’ |
| 45 | Why had n't they faded with time ? |
| 46 | Why had n't they gone into all this at the time , really thrashed it out ? |
| 47 | Why had n't they given it to her ? |
| 48 | Churchill was a particular hothead and , after all , if the Cabinet did n't condone what had happened , why had n't they authorised an enquiry ? |
| 49 | Why had n't they signalled they were coming in ? |
| 50 | Why had n't they told him ? |